Beaches (1988)

Directed by

Garry Marshall

Genre

drama film, musical film, comedy drama, female buddy film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 283 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two women from different backgrounds meet as children and form a friendship that lasts for decades. The story follows their lives through good times and struggles as they support each other.

bittersweetemotionalsentimentalmelancholicwarmupliftingdramaticfemale-focused

What happens

Beaches is a 1988 American comedy drama film based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Iris Rainer Dart. It was directed by Garry Marshall from a screenplay by Mary Agnes Donoghue, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, Mayim Bialik, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, and Lainie Kazan. Depending on the region, the film also goes by titles such as Forever Friends, Remember Me (alternately), Throughout Life (France), Girlfriends (German), The Friends (Greece & Denmark), Eternally Friends (Spanish), On the Beach (Russia), Deeper Love Than Sisters (Taiwan), and Song on the Beach (Turkey). The film is now regarded as a cult classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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